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1.George Washington 1789-1797 - First President of the United States of America.
2.John Adams 1797-1801 - First President to live in the White House.
3.Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 - Sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
4.James Madison 1809-1817 - First President to wear long trousers. All previous presidents wore knee breeches.
5.James Monroe 1817-1825 - First president to have been a US senator.
6.John Quincy Adams - 1825-1829 - First president to be photographed.
7.Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 - The only president to serve in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
8.Martin van Buren 1837-1841 - First president born in the United States.
9. William Henry Harrison 1841- The only president who studied to become a doctor.
10.John Tyler 1841-1845 - The playing of “Hail to the Chief” at presidential functions was started by his second wife, Julia.
11.James K. Polk 1845-1849 - Expanded the United States westward to the Pacific Ocean.
12.Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 - November 7, 1848 was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in every state.
13.Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 - Established the first permanent library in the White House.
14.Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 - Gave his 3319 word inaugural address from memory, without the aid of notes.
15.James Buchanan 1857-1861 - The only president who never married.
16.Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 At 6'4, he was the tallest president.
17.Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 - the first vp made president after an assassination.
18. Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 - Superstition of retracing his steps was an asset in leading troops in battle during the war.
19.Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 - First President to graduate from law school.
20.James A. Garfield 1881-1881- Wrote Latin with one hand and Greek with the other.
21.Chester A Arthur 1881-1885 - Reformed the civil service by signing the Pendleton act.
22.Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 - The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
23.Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 - Brought 6 states into the union. This was more than an other president in one term.
24.Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 - Answered the White House phone, personally.
25.William McKinley 1897-1901 - Always wore a red carnation in his lapel for good luck.
26.Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 - The stuffed, cuddly teddy bear was named after him.
27.William H. Taft 1909-1913 - The only president in American history to serve on the supreme court.
28.Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 - First president to hold a press conference.
29.Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 - First president to arrive at his inauguration in an automobile.
30.Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 - Was known as a man of few words, was even nicknamed “Silent Cal.”
31.Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 - First president to have an asteroid named after him.
32.FDR 1933-1945 - First president to use radio to speak to the American Public.
33.Harry S. Truman 1945-1956 - First president to travel under water in a submarine.
34.Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961 - Had a putting green installed on the White House lawn.
35.JFK 1961-1963 - Created the Peace Corps.
36.LBJ 1963-1969 -Only president to be sworn into office on Air Force One.
37.Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974 - First president to resign his office.
38.Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977 - Survived not one but two attempted assassinations.
39.Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 - First president to be born in a hospital
40.Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 - The oldest person to be elected president.
41.George Bush 1989-1993 - Prsident during the fall of the Berlin Wall.
42.William Clinton 1993-2001 - First president to have been a Rhodes Scholar.
43.George W. Bush 2001-2009 - Established the Office of Homeland Security.